Echo Night is a neat little adventure game on the PlayStation based off the King’s Field engine. If you like cheesy voice acting, puzzles and some slightly spooky exploration, there’s a lot here to like.

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Procedurally generated content is not my favorite solution to level design. But when dealing with concepts that extend well beyond the usual scope, it’s unavoidable. No Man Sky is a good example, which essentially promises the infinite universe as a playground. Strange Telephone doesn’t attempt anything so extreme, though asks a similarly ambitious question – […]

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Aconcagua, a PlayStation release from 2000 that’s often misreported as a survival horror game. It’s is a point-and-click adventure that pits five survivors against both environmental and military hazards. This video is about the Argentinean market, Sony’s involvement in the region and Aconcagua itself. Sources: Xbox One Price Announced – E3 2013 Microsoft Conference IGN […]

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I liked the original Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney. While point-and-click adventure games made up a healthy portion of the Nintendo DS’ library, the Ace Attorney series always offered a charming and humorous take on murder mysteries. Part of this comes from the witty and playful dialog, but the large and expressive character sprites livened up […]

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VentureBeat’s GamesBeat gave the article a professional edit and promoted the post. You can find that listing here:  A look back: What Cing’s Nintendo adventure games can teach us about innovation The original article is below.   It’s been almost four years since Cing went out of business. In over a decade of its existence, […]

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At one point in time point and click adventure games were a huge market on the PC. Around 1995 the genre died out due to slow game play, abstract puzzles that only made sense to the designers and the rise of the First person shooter. The DS touch screen lent its self well to point and click games. Soon after the industry realized that there was a market for the genre again on the DS, and many point and click games have been released since. Trace Memory helped find that market by being one of the first point and click adventure games on the DS. Will Trace Memory awaken or reawaken the point and click genre for you, or should you look else where on the DS?

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